SQL injection in Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW via firmware filenames
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW, all versions before V6.0, is affected. Affected devices do not properly validate or sanitize the filenames of firmware files uploaded to the system, which is an SQL injection flaw (CWE-89). An authenticated attacker with specific privileges can execute arbitrary SQL commands on the underlying database.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Description from the CNA
A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW (All versions < V6.0). Affected devices do not properly validate or sanitize the filename of firmware files uploaded to the system. This could allow an authenticated attacker with specific privileges to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the underlying database.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW to V6.0 or later, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
- Fix · CNA RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW (Siemens) Fixed in V6.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW V6.0
11 records Highest priority Priority LOW 11 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71587 Authorization bypass in Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW exposes admin credentialsPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-71585 SQL injection in Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW notification profilesPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-71584 SQL injection in Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW Bulk Import/ExportPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89198
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-m4gx-65g7-f4vm
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89198 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89198 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m4gx-65g7-f4vm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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